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Council pushes back elections to review legality of new rules

By Whitney Garrison | November 6, 2003

Election Reform referenda are no longer the only controversial issue surrounding the upcoming fall Student Council elections. The Student Council representative body voted to postpone the fall elections from November 11-12 to November 18-19 during their meeting Tuesday night because of the need to meet with legal counsel regarding the revision of the fall election rules. The contested rules included new stipulations on the disclosure of candidate and endorsing organization expenditures as well as other various procedural regulations. Endorsing organizations, including The Cavailer Daily and the Greek Councils, expressed concern about the handling of the fall election rules and procedures. On Sunday, The Cavalier Daily managing board contacted Madelyn Wessel, Council's legal counsel, concerning a possible lawsuit against Council for a violation of the U.S.

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Police release phrases spoken by serial rapist

By Spencer Baumgardner | November 6, 2003

Charlottesville Police released two phrases last Friday allegedly uttered by the serial rapist to two of his victims. The police got the statements from two of the six women in Charlottesville allegedly victimized by the rapist since 1997, and have released them based on the advice of behavioral profilers, according to Charlottesville Police Capt.

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Democrats praise first House gain in 28 years

By Natasha Altamirano and Riley McDonald | November 5, 2003

RICHMOND, Va. -- State Democrats downplayed their continued minority party status last night and extolled an apparent three-seat gain in the Virginia House of Delegates, the first net gain in the House since 1975. "Democrats have not gained seats in the General Assembly in your lifetime -- it's a great night for Democrats," Virginia Democratic Party Chair Lawrence H.

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Groups fear low turnout in upcoming fall elections

By Lauren Todd Pappa | November 5, 2003

At a school which champions student self-governance, the fate of the University's election process may have to be decided by the Board of Visitors if not enough students cast their vote in this fall's upcoming election. November 11 and 12, students will be asked to vote for a series of referenda concerning constitutional changes related to each school and the creation of the new University Board of Elections. Though the Student Council constitution does not stipulate a minimum turnout for regular elections, the constitutions of the Fourth-Year Trustees and the Engineering Student Council are ambiguous enough to generate differing opinions on whether they require a minimum turnout to ratify the new election process. Any organization that will be governed by the UBE, including class councils, school councils and the Honor and Judiciary Committees, must ratify this process in order for there to be full implementation. Past fall elections have shown a general apathy among the student body, however, and many organizations on Grounds are concerned that too few students will cast votes in the upcoming election. John Rodney, student member of the Board of Visitors, said he expected voter turnout to be low in the election because the issues at hand -- electing school representatives and deciding on proposed constitutional amendments -- are not ones that spark much interest or publicity among the student body. "In an ideal world, everyone would come out and vote," he said.

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A University in search of diversity

By Mary Pumphrey | November 5, 2003

For the majority of its history, the University has neither possessed nor sought a diverse faculty. Built by slaves, Thomas Jefferson's experiment for the "respectable enlightenment...of the whole people," did not begin admitting black students until 1950. The University did not hire its first black faculty member until Curry School Prof.

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Gregorian says UJC could file charges following incident at Sigma Chi

By Whitney Garrison | November 5, 2003

Second-year College student Carson Ward remains hospitalized and in critical condition at the University of Virginia Medical Center as a result of head injuries sustained in an altercation outside the Sigma Chi fraternity house early Saturday morning. University Medical Center spokesperson Marguerite Beck said yesterday afternoon she could "release no other information at this time." Two Sigma Chi brothers and fourth-year College students, Kurt P.

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Delta Sigma Phi under investigation for hazing

By Jon Breece | November 5, 2003

The Alpha Mu Chapter of Delta Sigma Phi at the University currently is being investigated for allegations of hazing, according to officials at the University and the fraternity's national headquarters. As of this week, the fraternity has been placed on "immediate temporary probation" by Delta Sigma Phi national headquarters.

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GOP holds majority in General Assembly

By Whitney Garrison | November 5, 2003

The Virginia General Assembly elections yesterday maintained the political status quo for the most part with the Republicans gaining one seat in the Senate and the Democrats gaining at least two seats in the House of Delegates. Before the election, Republicans controlled 64 seats in the House of Delegates and 23 in the Senate.

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THE ROOF IS ON FIRE

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 4, 2003

Fire, rescue and utility vehicles responded to a three-alarm fire at Farmington Country Club yesterday after a section of the roof caught fire around 6:45 p.m.

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Bicyclist injured in collision with car

By Jason Amirhadji | November 4, 2003

In the second reported pedestrian accident at the University in the last month, a bicycle rider crashed into a car pulling into the Central Grounds Parking Garage last Friday afternoon, one week after a pedestrian was hit by a UTS bus while crossing Jefferson Park Avenue. According to Charlottesville Police Sgt.

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Group aims to promote discussion of U.N., U.S.

By Christopher Jones and Christine Wallace | November 4, 2003

A newly formed local chapter of a national group devoted to educating Americans about the United Nations hopes to inform Charlottesville residents about the United Nations and its relationship with the United States. The Blue Ridge Chapter of the United Nations Association USA held its inaugural meeting Sunday at the Charlottesville Unitarian Universalist Church, featuring a speech by David Newsom, an expert on United States foreign policy and the American relationship with the United Nations. Newsom's speech reflected the chapter's goals: Informing local citizens about the United Nations and emphasizing the positive roles it plays. In his speech, Newsom, a former undersecretary of state for political affairs and former ambassador to Libya, Indonesia and the Philippines, discussed the history of the United Nations, critiques of both the United Nations and the United States by each other, and the beneficial roles that the United Nations plays both toward the world and the United States. Newsom argued that despite problems between the United States and the United Nations, the United States has much more to gain from participating in the United Nations than it does by ignoring it. "We can join the world and work to strengthen the primary international organization or we can turn our back on it.

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Students charged in weekend altercation

By Natasha Altamirano | November 4, 2003

Charlottesville police have charged fourth-year College students Kurt P. Rupprecht and John P. Selph with malicious wounding for their involvement in an altercation outside the Sigma Chi fraternity house early Saturday morning, which resulted in the hospitalization of second-year College student Carson Ward. Police investigators interviewed over a dozen witnesses regarding the incident in order to obtain as clear a picture as possible, Charlottesville Police Capt.

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Va. Tech reverts to original race-conscious admissions

By Riley McDonald | November 4, 2003

Less than eight months after the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors made headlines flip-flopping on the issue of race-conscious admissions, the university has declared its original policy in compliance with the law. The report came from a board ad-hoc committee Sunday, following two Supreme Court decisions last summer that defined the constitutional use of race in admissions. While undergraduate admissions are permissible, some private and federal scholarships that offer money exclusively to students of certain races or ethnicities are problematic and require further attention, reported the committee, after working with the university provost's office and the Virginia attorney general's office. "What we do here at Tech may very likely become a model for other universities," Tech spokesperson Larry Hincker said. Tim Murpaugh, spokesman for the attorney general, said his office is working with other colleges and universities in the Commonwealth to bring admission policies into compliance with the court decisions, but could not comment on the specifics at any school. "The Michigan decision did not provide us with a hard and fast rule on the use of race, so each program has to be looked at within its own context or with its own set of facts," Murpaugh said. Two landmark Supreme Court cases last June stemming from contested admissions policies at the University of Michigan provided a much-anticipated judgment on the use of race in admissions at colleges and universities. In Gratz v.

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Albemarle County tackles urban sprawl

By Jordan Dresnick | November 3, 2003

A portion of the area Thomas Jefferson once described as "The Eden of the United States" will remain untouched by urban sprawl, thanks to a $22,500 grant from the Piedmont Environmental Council. Albemarle County accepted the donation last Thursday in an effort to halt development in the Southwest Mountain Historic District. Located between Routes 20 North and 22/231, the 170-acre district is one of many areas in which the environmental council has been working to preserve Virginia's rural heritage. Albemarle County Executive Bob Tucker praised the donation, crediting the environmental council with slowing urban sprawl. "We are very delighted that the PEC has made this donation and we will use it to develop other development rights and I hope they will consider making future donations," Tucker said.

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Student hospitalized after weekend assault

By Kara Rowland | November 3, 2003

A second-year College student remains hospitalized after sustaining head injuries in an altercation outside the Sigma Chi fraternity house early Saturday morning. Though an official report from University Medical Center was not available at press time, friends who visited Carson Ward at the hospital yesterday said his condition has improved since Saturday, when he allegedly was struck by a brother of Sigma Chi in the early hours of the morning outside the fraternity house, located on the 600 block of Preston Place. Charlottesville Police Sgt.

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